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Licensing

All about Graphisoft ID and licenses: Education, Demo, and more

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CodeMeter (hardware and software-based) are protection keys for Archicad and other Graphisoft products. A protection key is necessary to run Archicad and other Graphisoft products in commercial mode. During the installation of Archicad, CodeMeter driver will be installed. Wh...

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What is a License Pooling? License pooling (aka Floating licensing or Network licensing) is a software licensing option available for customers with NET licenses, allowing several users on the same TCP/IP network to share access to product licenses provided by one or many ce...

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What is this conversion about? CodeMeter Hardware keys, that are used to store ARCHICAD and other GRAPHISOFT product licenses are converted from KEXT (Kernel Extension 3G class) to HID (Human Interface Device class). Why is the conversion necessary? Without converting a Code...

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CodeMeter hardware license keys shipped by GRAPHISOFT before 2018 are using KEXT 3G (Kernel Extension) as a default for communication with the CodeMeter Driver. With the release of macOS 10.13, Apple introduced a strict policy where 3rd party USB devices which use Kernel Ext...

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This article is aimed at helping Archicad users with network licenses to be able to work from home. Graphisoft is actively researching this topic and will update this article with any further possibilities to enable even more flexible options for the home use of Network lice...

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This article describes the basics of setting up a key-based license server, with a collection of links to the related articles. Basic information about the difference between Single and NET key, can be found in the Licensing Basics - License Types, Methods and Applications a...

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Note: The license borrowing feature has been discontinued. If you purchased this product before its discontinuation, it remains available to you. GRAPHISOFT strongly recommends to use the latest CodeMeter driver on all computers where license borrowing is used. To download t...

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Affected version: CodeMeter keys with old firmware | Severity: Solution applicable | ID: TT #231479 Issue: Users on CodeMeter version 6.40b or above may experience recognition delays when the CodeMeter key with ARCHICAD license is plugged into a machine on Windows 10. The Co...

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Affected version(s): ARCHICAD 20, ARCHICAD 19| Severity: workaround applicable | ID: 222311 Issue Default Borrowing Duration might be reduced to 2880 minutes (2 days) if the CodeMeter driver of the server computer is different from the client machine's driver. CodeMeter driv...

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In case you would like to use network licenses (e.g. instead of single licenses) first you need a CodeMeter hardware key or software key. Contact your local Graphisoft partner to order one or to exchange your existing single key(s). About the available license types see: Arc...

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We differentiate two cases: whether the network has DNS server or not. Your system administrator can help to decide which one features your office. In case you share the internet with only a simple router you probably do not have DNS server. There is a DNS server in the netw...

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Issue CodeMeter license becomes nonreturnable or the server returns 'No more licenses are available for borrowing' error message when trying to borrow a license, even if there are free licenses on the server key. Cause Borrow License has a security feature which may prevent ...

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Running a CodeMeter network server - accessible over the Internet - may be useful if an office has more subsidiaries or a large number of workers working from home. With this solution they can use a central license key. The Wibu version of this article can be found here, wit...

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Issue Apply button in the CodeMeter WebAdmin does not take effect with the CodeMeter Driver version 5.0a (shipped with ARCHICAD 17), for example in the Server Search list. This can result in ARCHICAD using a license from the machine set in the list previously regardless of t...

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Error code 101 Protection key not found or not valid Possible causes CodeMeter key is not connected to the computer The USB slot is not working properly There are missing USB drivers There is no network connection or ARCHICAD can not locate the license on the server Error Co...

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In case of having problems with your CodeMeter software protection first check the error code Archicad gives here. If you could not find the solution there, please contact your reseller with a detailed description of the error and attach the following details: CmDust log Usi...

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Requirements of the site To use the upgrade site, you will need: A key that is eligible for upgrade and is connected to the computer. An active Internet connection. Installed protection key driver :WibuKey or CodeMeter based on the type of key you have. A supported Internet ...

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Check the error codes Archicad gives The error code Archicad gives can help you to discover the problem, also here you can find a collection about the most typical problem with solutions: CodeMeter/ErrorCodes Known Issues In this article you can find a collection about the d...

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What is a Software Key? Software-Based Protection Keys - or Software Keys for short - have the same functionality as Hardware-based Protection Keys, but instead of storing software licenses on a USB stick, the licenses are stored in a software container file on your computer...

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A free license is needed for the borrow operation UPDATE: In ARCHICAD 15 this has been fixed. (Make sure you have only one ARCHICAD session running on the computer where you would like to borrow a license.) For the borrow operation one free license is needed. If you haven't ...

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Issue On OS X El Capitan the 5.21 or older CodeMeter drivers couldn't be installed. 5.21 driver is part of the ARCHICAD 19, License Manager Tool and BIMcloud installers as well. Cause Apple introduced System Integrity Protection (SIP) with OS X El Capitan and 5.21 or earlier...

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Slow Wibu Keyserver Operation Issue: When trying to access the keys from windows 8.1 to an OSx server, the wibu keyserver is SLOW The above slowness only happens with wibu driver 6.20 ARCHICAD 18 4007 JPN Full and SOLO ARCHICAD 18 4006 INT Full and SOLO and ARCHICAD 4006 CZE...

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Issue On OS X 10.6 Launching AC 7, 8, or 9 Warning message appears, "No WIBU-KEY driver found. (501)”, ARCHICAD cannot be launched. Cause Wibu key driver 6.00e was installed on that machine during the installation of ARCHICAD 16. This driver cannot run with the above mention...

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